Kildrumferton Parish Church

       Kildrumferton Parish church is situated approx1.5 miles outside the village of Killnaleck,Co Cavan and is in the Parish of Crosserlough ,Diocese of Kilmore, Barony of Castlerahan, Co Cavan, Ireland

                             (a)                                                       (b)                                                (c)

          (a)   "present" day Wilton graves at the front of the church. These graves are mostly dating from the mid 1800's to the present and are all of the Corglas Wiltons

           (b)  rear of the church

            (c) front door of the church

   Roger Wilton in his will of 1794 asked to be buried in Kildrumferton and it is this statement that causes a problem---Kildrumferton church was built in 1814
   The church was built with money povided by what was known as the "First Fruits" fund and I have an entry from the parish records of a Wilton baptism which states :-"first baptism after new church of Crosserlough was opened"--16/10/1814

   Lewis in his book "Topological Dictionary of Ireland" states that the church was rebuilt in 1814. Either this is an error in his book or was there a church already on this site??.--- No one has been able to tell me

       So where is Roger Wilton buried?    Is it here?   I can not find any trace of his gravestone. Also from the parish records there is a death recorded of Wm Thomas Wilton of Cavan town 1/2/1827. This is Roger and Mary's son and is it not reasonable to assume that he was buried along with his father and mother.

  In a corner of the church grounds are graves recognisable only as hummocks on the ground. Who lies in these graves has been lost with time and I am highly suspicious that this is where our Roger is buried